The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-04-01

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YoU ARR YOUNG.
now TO SAVE DROWNING PERSONS.

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of ali Others mos, reea 10 no ab,a ,o
sustain themselves in the water. are
the least likely to know how to swim
a stroke. Ofa crew of twenty sailors
on board a merchant vessel scarce half
a dozen, on the average. have anv
chance of saving themselves if they
happen to fall overheard, even in fair
weather. The inability of sailors to
swim ia proyetbial and many a Jack
Tar, who Is washed from a deck or
falls from the iib-boom. loses his life
only because he cannot keen himself
afIoat while a boat is being lowered
An execution to the rule il the cham
Mon swimmer Of the world. Auguste
Sundstron. Instructor for the New
York Athletic Climb. who ia a sailor
and a sailor's son. His feat Of svim.
ming from The Battery 10 tho Climb
boat.house on the Harlem. a distance
of seventeen m;les in two boprs and
fortv.tvo minutes with the tide. never
has been eoualed. and his time for a
mile in dead water. twepty-oue minutes
and forty seconds Is the hest an record
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Mr. ounostrotn' VINO is now Dut 20
years plu, says iearned 10 swim
wnen was 700 smal 10 90 anything
e,se, anu peing 10 'ne wa'er nea.iy all
Ine t'me pecap,e almost amPhioloas.
~ Is much easier ior one 70 learn the
ART wnen young tnan wnen one mas
grown up, ana you VIII ma tnat the
oest swi"mers are tnose VINO nave oeeh
,sminat WIN she wa,er from cnilonoou'
my iatner' q oweolsh master Mariner
was powerful man. aitnough an or
1lnary swimmer ana ne gave an MS
ooys strong constitutions ana plenty
OF muscle. "tnUut tne muscle one
canpGs SWIM wen, because swimming
- reaiy violent a'nie'ic exercise ana
tne movements are 30 rapid ana Vigor-
gus tnat grea1 endurance Is required 10
SWIM iong INSTANCES d. any speed NO
donot tne continual exercise had when
Ooy accounisior much OF tne develop
ment OF muscle ana lung power tnat
now enables me 70 remain long IN the
water, ana l am convinced lhat SWIM,
a,his.;o s... ;n5.;a g., -, "
erner;ence D1r;no some seven vears
of knocking about the world ON board
abip. first as a how and later as second
mate of a souareripoer I saw many
different styles of Swimming among
natives of various islands and coast
countries and picked nm some points
that have proved useful At 81. Tbom.
A went into a race with about fiftv
native sponge divers. being backed by
nv captain 10 swim Eve miles against
them. When those black fellows
started off with their overland. half.
arm stroke, they went like tiyirg fish
and / was so astonished at their speed
that ! forgot to plunge from the rail
after them until the captain gave me
push. For short distance they
could make great speed, reaching out
one arm after the other in front of
them and kicking alternately with the
feet, but the movement was go quick
that they soon tired, and with long
side stroke l swan through the whole
school land beat them easily.
THE BREAST STROKE.
sThe old d.fasbioped and commonest
stvle Of swimming ia the breast stroke
which is An exact imitation of a froo
It ia easy. but not very fast. because
the bodv and legs slope downward
and present 30 mucn surface to the
water ahead that the resistance is
great. The power is obtained mainly
from the action of the leos The knees
are drawn nm slowly and gently. not
pnder the bodv bnt s;dewise and when
the kick il made thew are onened like a
letter V and The soles of the feet pre.
septed souarely to the water.
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Lung capaciIy, OF course, Is one OF
tne most m ,,hPortant requisites IN SWIM,
ming. Inc more ar man can hoid
lps,Ge OF nlm' tne more ouoyant De
VIII De ano the easier ne can SWIM. 10
aeVe'oP iung power l open my mouth,
take as pig gu'p OF ar as can ana
ho,a my Drea'n' Wa timing myseiI oy a
wsoch. w men can hoid the vino no
iocgeI 1 oiow :. OUT .nrougp my NOUN
quickly anu take anotner guiP ana 30
on, a0;Ig '9at frequently curing the
aay men ! am oa' o' conultloh ano
a"s' ss can hoia my prea.n say
sIou' minute ana a quarter, oo.
wnen III gooo conuitioh can hoid II
swice as iong' ANY man can nearly
Ioa".; n,s ,ung power oy .h's exercise, .n', !,
,na ,,on,h ;sS,aaa ~ 49, n"s T, ,o,ooa
TOO long to get full breath through
the nostrils. You are swimming in q
heavy sea. for example. ard oomipp M
from under one wave. Won see another
almost pnon Won IF vou ,rv IN eynel